#4AA8D8#4AA8D8

#4AA8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.113 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8D8
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 216)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -12.95, -32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 34.99, 248.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0663 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.113 234)
XYZ	xyz(29.2165, 34.4159, 70.0556)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8D8 #D87A4A

analogous

#4AD8C1 #4AA8D8 #4A61D8

triadic

#4AA8D8 #D84AA8 #A8D84A

tetradic

#4AA8D8 #C14AD8 #D87A4A #61D84A

square

#4AA8D8 #C14AD8 #D87A4A #61D84A

split-complementary

#4AA8D8 #D84A61 #D8C14A

monochromatic

#1E658A #298ABC #4AA8D8 #7CC0E3 #AFD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#4AA8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#4AA8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8D8

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8D8	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D98D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.113 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e4',
    500: '#4aa8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8d8;
$custom-light: #8bc1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.282,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69512,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.34419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8D8

secondary

#DCB6A2

accent

#7940E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8D8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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